The book captures a personal account of Ovia’s life and how he established Zenith Bank Plc. In a brief presentation, the author explained that the narrative of Africa as a pathetic and dark continent inspired the title of the book.
Jim Ovia narrated how he started the business with N20 million ($4 million) at an exchange rate of N5 to a dollars with a present total asset base of $16 billion.
The governor of the central bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, described the book as a compelling one.
The event was well attended by dignitaries including the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu; the governor of Lagos state, Akinwumni Ambode, and billionaire businesswoman, Folorunsho Alakija.
I hope the book captures how he got the 20m to get started!
Inspiring i must say
Not interested
it’ll be nice
I will like to read o
20M is still a lot of money today, at least you had something, we have nothing! Just pack sone side and sell your book to your kind
Please someone who didn’t have anything should write a book so that i can be inspired
Wether it is true or it is lie, it will inspire someone
I think i need to read the book. It will sure be an inspiring one